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Paperback. Presents ten key Anglo-German encounters from the last 200 years: an encounter between Joe Strummer and the Baader Meinhof gang, Helmut Kohl trying to explain the virtues of German cuisine to a sceptical Margaret Thatcher and philosophers Theodor Adorno and A J Ayer clashing over jazz. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 177 x 23. Weight in Grams: 344. 8vo. Good copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- SKU
- KEX0277860
- ISBN
- 9780571240173
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. In 1996, in the middle of watching an ill-tempered football match between England and Germany, Philip Oltermann's parents tell him that they are going to leave their home city Hamburg behind and move to London. Inspired by his own experience of both countries, Philip Oltermann looks at eight historical encounters between English and German people. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; HBJD; HBTB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571240197
- ISBN
- 9780571240197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.89
€ 17.99
€ 12.89
Paperback. During the 1916 Battle of the Somme in WW1 the Ulster division lost over two thousand men. This book covers the events leading to the Somme - the birth of the UVF in 1912, the aftermath and the bravery that has become iconic in Northern Ireland tradition. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports., facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 1DDF; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Blackstaff Press Belfast
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856408243
- ISBN
- 9780856408243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.48
€ 19.48
Hardcover. This volume contains a survey of prose writing - novels, plays, journalism - produced in Ireland between 1922 and 1939. All quotations are given in English with original Irish in notes. Num Pages: 784 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AFR; DSBH; DSK; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904558132
- ISBN
- 9781904558132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.20€ 78.86
€ 88.20
€ 78.86
Paperback. Based on literary sources, travelers' observations, and missionary accounts, as well as on French and English colonial archives and administrative correspondence, Cannibal Encounters offers a vivid portrait of a troubled chapter in the history of European-Amerindian relations. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890994
- ISBN
- 9780801890994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.91
€ 35.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. This original narrative demonstrates that the transition to sugar and the plantation complex was more gradual in the French properties than generally depicted-and that it was not inevitable. Num Pages: 392 pages, 25, 25 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887260
- ISBN
- 9780801887260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.48
€ 40.48
hardcover. In November 1774, a pamphlet to the "People of America" was published in Philadelphia and London. It forcefully articulated American rights and liberties and argued that the Americans needed to declare their independence from Britain. This book features a portrait of one of the most complex and controversial of the American revolutionaries. Num Pages: 410 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780814767658
- ISBN
- 9780814767658
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 8.29
€ 24.99
€ 8.29
Paperback. Orkney's Italian Chapel was built by Italian POWs held on the island during the Second World War. In the sixty-five years since it was built it has become an enduring symbol of peace and hope around the world. This book tells the story of who built the chapel and how it came into existence and survived against all the odds. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKSHF; 3JJH; AMN; HBJD1; HBLW; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402. The True Story of an Icon. 256 pages, 8pp plates. Orkney's Italian Chapel was built by Italian POWs held on the island during the Second World War. In the sixty-five years since it was built it has become an enduring symbol of peace and hope around the world. This book tells the story of who built the chapel and how it came into existence and survived against all the odds. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKSHF; 3JJH; AMN; HBJD1; HBLW; HRC. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 19. Weight: 392.
- Publisher
- B & W Pub
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845025298
- ISBN
- 9781845025298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.27
€ 19.99
€ 14.27
Paperback. Tells the Viking story, from the first pinprick raids of the eighth century to the great armies that left their Scandinavian homelands to conquer larger parts of France, Britain and Ireland. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3F; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099551843
- ISBN
- 9780099551843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Hardcover. As the only full-length study of Cornwall to have been written for many years, Cornwall: A History is essential reading for everyone with a passion for Cornwall. Taking into consideration the new research outputs and perspectives of recent years this revised and updated edition reflects the growing interest in Cornish studies as an academic field. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; HBJD1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150. .
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New Revised and Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859890212
- ISBN
- 9780859890212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.19
€ 135.19
Hardcover. The first study of its kind. The book explores the rich, complex maritime inheritance of Cornwall on a national and international scale, considering the importance of the different historical periods from the medieval to the twentieth century. Num Pages: 496 pages, 30 tables, 73 b& w illustrations, 28 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; HBJD1; HBTM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 269 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1828.
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898508
- ISBN
- 9780859898508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.69
€ 133.69
Paperback. The twentieth volume in the acclaimed paperback series .. the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation. Editor(s): Payton, Philip. Series: Cornish Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898744
- ISBN
- 9780859898744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.12
€ 43.12
Hardback. This gripping biographical study, published here for the first time in paperback, explores the immensely complicated relationship that existed between A.L. Rowse and his native Cornwall. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BG; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897440
- ISBN
- 9780859897440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.83
€ 134.83
Paperback. The thirteenth volume in this acclaimed paperback series includes articles on Cornish emigration, Cornish literature, the novelist Virginia Woolf, the poet Jack Clemo, Cornish mining history, Cornish folklore, the medieval Cornish-language miracle plays, and William Scawen: the seventeenth-century Cornish patriot and language revivalist. Series: Cornish Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; GTB; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897716
- ISBN
- 9780859897716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.83
€ 43.83
Hardback. An investigation of the popular tradition of 'Australia's Little Cornwall': how one town in South Australia gained and perpetuated this identity into the twenty-first century. This book is about Moonta and its special place in the Cornish transnational identity. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1MBFS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJM; HBLL; HBLW; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897952
- ISBN
- 9780859897952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.49
€ 134.49
Paperback. An investigation of the popular tradition of 'Australia's Little Cornwall': how one town in South Australia gained and perpetuated this identity into the twenty-first century. This book is about Moonta and its special place in the Cornish transnational identity. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1MBFS; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJM; HBLL; HBLW; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897969
- ISBN
- 9780859897969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.89
€ 39.89
Paperback. This gripping biographical study, published here for the first time in paperback, explores the immensely complicated relationship that existed between A.L. Rowse and his native Cornwall. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; BG; GTB; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897983
- ISBN
- 9780859897983
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.34
€ 37.34
Paperback. The 'coming of age' edition of this acclaimed paperback series discusses contemporary Cornish Studies, as well the Cornish language, medieval and early modern Cornwall, the Duchy of Cornwall, the establishment of the Cornish diocese, Cornish folklore, together with an overview of Cornish nationalism and a postscript on John Betjeman and Cornwall. Editor(s): Payton, Philip. Series: Cornish Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898867
- ISBN
- 9780859898867
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.17
€ 44.17
Paperback. In this book, Philip Payton provides a vivid insight into the experiences of regional Australia during the Great War of 1914-18. Num Pages: 272 pages, 71. BIC Classification: 1MBFS; 3JJF; HBJM; HBWN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898737
- ISBN
- 9780859898737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.32
€ 36.99
€ 33.32
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904356431
- ISBN
- 9781904356431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.41
€ 113.41
Paperback. A fully revised and updated edition of this popular Beginner's Guide, covering the complexities of the Arab Spring. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780749419
- ISBN
- 9781780749419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.42
€ 13.99
€ 11.42
Paperback. Pachomius, who died in 346, has long been regarded as the "founder of monasticism". This reading of the available texts, first published in 1985, reveals that Pachomius's pioneering enterprise has been consistently misread in light of later monastic practices. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 250 pages, 2 maps, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; HBG; HBJH; HBLA; HRCC7; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 40.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520219595
- ISBN
- 9780520219595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.84
€ 38.99
€ 27.84
Paperback. The Italian army was Britain's original opponent in North Africa. At its peak, it contributed 2.5 million troops to the Axis war effort. This title covers the organization, uniforms and insignia of the Italian troops committed to both the North African campaign and East African fighting. Illustrator(s): Andrew, Stephen. Series: Men-at-Arms. Num Pages: 48 pages, 17 colour and 45 b&w illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1H; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 186 x 4. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855328655
- ISBN
- 9781855328655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.25
€ 19.99
€ 17.25
Paperback. Philip S. Gorski argues for the importance of a disciplinary revolution unleashed by the reformation. He shows how Calvinist inspired social discipline contributed to the governance and pacification of Dutch society. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; HRCC93. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226304847
- ISBN
- 9780226304847
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.94
€ 40.99
€ 30.94